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AIBU to think that if someone appears on mainstream media MN should not delete the discussion

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LesserCelandine · 12/05/2025 13:30

Not a repeat of the other threads on one particular person’s appearance on Radio 4 but rather about whether MN should delete threads discussing that appearance or appearance by others on mainstream TV and Radio. I was shocked this morning to see MN had deleted one such thread.

It is one thing to comment on someone trying to live a private life who has been thrust unexpectedly into the limelight. It is another to censor discussion when someone has put themselves forward, especially if what they say breaches the law.

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Carrelli · 12/05/2025 14:01

Perhaps there is a legal hold up.

BBC sounds have still not released this morning’s episode

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LesserCelandine · 12/05/2025 14:00

There is no legal requirement to use opposite-sex pronouns demanded by some either. To suggest there is is also misrepresenting the law.

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WinterTrees · 12/05/2025 13:59

I wholeheartedly agree. However, having discovered in the wake of the SC ruling just how difficult it has been for Justine/MN to keep these boards open for discussion I'm inclined to trust their judgement on this, frustrating though it is.

My guess is that the individual concerned (who is, of course, a lawyer) has made threats that MNHQ felt would be expensive, troublesome and potentially disproportionately damaging to defend and so they decided to pull the thread. It's annoying, but I get that they walk a difficult line.

But here's the thing: thousands of people will have read that thread before it was deleted. We were responding to his own words, and no amount of threatening or throwing legal weight around can stop women recognising misogyny and outrageous male privilege. We see it, we called it out. The very fact that the thread was deleted absolutely demonstrates this person's aggressive push to silence women who try to assert their own boundaries.

OuterSpaceCadet · 12/05/2025 13:56

Agreed.

Many/most posters here use pronouns to refer to sex not gender. It is a personal choice if we do otherwise for people in our personal lives. Demanding we recant words we don't believe in deference to a public figure is unfair.

This is the women's rights section of a women's forum. If there's a human out there publicly misrepresenting law which affects women then of course it's going to get talked about here.

Chrysanthemum5 · 12/05/2025 13:41

Agreed it is also perfectly fine to refer to an individual using pronouns they may not personally like. When I am writing I am not obliged to censor myself to accomodate another person's preferences

TracyCruz · 12/05/2025 13:40

I want to people to hear me!

No, not like that!

LadyBracknellsHandbagg · 12/05/2025 13:33

I completely agree, and if @mnhq are going to delete threads the least they can do is explain why, because otherwise it's censorship without a right to reply isn't it?

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